Omar Maute

Omarkhayam "Omar" Maute (died 16 October 2017) was a leader of the Islamist Maute Group in the Philippines. He was killed during the Battle of Marawi in 2017.

== Biography =

Omarkhayam Maute and his brother Abdullah Maute, two of seven brothers, were both born in Butig, Mindanao, Philippines, and they were descended from a Maranao warrior clan. Their father Cayamora Maute was a senior Moro Islamic Liberation Front commander, motivating them to fight for the creation of an Islamic state in the southern Philippines. The two brothers worked overseas in the Middle East, and they studied Islamic theology while working at secular schools in Syria and the United Arab Emirates. He was educated in Egypt while his brother was educated in Jordan, and they would both leave the MILF when it entered into peace talks with the Philippine government. They formed the Maute Group, which was loyal to the Islamic State, and he married the daughter of a conservative Indonesian cleric. In 2017, there were multiple reports of his death during the Battle of Marawi, but the army confirmed and Omar and Isnilon Hapilon were both killed on the morning of 16 October 2017.